Re: Sidereal Time Clock

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From: Henry Spencer
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 1990 04:30

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In article <1833@umriscc.isc.umr.edu> robf@mcs213j.cs.umr.edu (Rob Fugina) writes:
>My roommate just asked me to design a clock for him.  It's for astronomical
>purposes...

If he'll settle for a clock that keeps true sidereal time :-), the March
1988 issue of Astronomy had an article (note, some corrections appeared
on page 37 of the June 1988 issue) on converting a Radio Shuck digital alarm
clock to keep sidereal time.
-- 
"The average pointer, statistically,    |Henry Spencer at U of Toronto Zoology
points somewhere in X." -Hugh Redelmeier| henry@zoo.toronto.edu   utzoo!henry

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